Our performance juniors start in school year 1. Court18 are very fortunate to have strong links with the local schools which enable us to talent I.D. children in reception and year 1 via school tennis Demo days! We also recruit from our popular tennis camps that we run in the school holidays. From here, we personally invite selected children to our performance squads and ask them to attend twice a week in school term time. Our performance squads have more of a disciplined approach with regards to challenging their skills in agility, balance and hand eye co-ordination. The speed of their improvement is significant from attending 2 squads per week and therefore they arrive at the rally stage a lot sooner than children of the same age attending development groups, for example. As we head into the second year of your child’s tennis we are asked to provide a list of children we would like to put forward to attend County trials so in the first year it is vital that each player has had enough hours on the court: children who are selected by the county from these trials are on the pathway for performance tennis which involves so many exciting opportunities, such as competing for your county in a team! These achievements are also highly regarded and celebrated by the local schools.

Tues & Fri 4.00-5.00pm